This is the follow-up article to the profiling of Batangas’ three cities. This time, I present to all readers a profiling of twenty-two municipalities of the province in terms of competitiveness. The information in this article comes from data collected for the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index, an annual ranking made by the National Competitiveness Council through its regional arms.

The rankings are based on three pillars identified by the council necessary for judging competitiveness: economic dynamism, government efficiency and infrastructure. The rankings given for each municipality are nationwide for all local government units regardless of category.

Economic dynamism is measured based on the following:

Size of the Local Economy (as measured through business registrations, capital, revenue, and permits)

Growth of the Local Economy (as measured through business registrations, capital, revenue, and permits)

Capacity to Generate Employment

Cost of Living

Cost of Doing Business

Financial Deepening

Productivity

Presence of Business and Professional Organizations

Government efficiency, meanwhile, is measured based on these:

Transparency Score in Local Governance Performance Management System

Economic Governance Score in Local Governance Performance Management System

Ratio of LGU-Collected Tax to LGU revenues

LGU Competition-Related Awards

Business Registration Efficiency

Investment Promotion

Compliance to National Directives for LGUs

Security

Health

Education

Finally, infrastructure is assessed based on these parametres:

Existing Road Network

Distance from City/Municipality Center to Major Ports

DOT-Accredited Accommodations

Health Infrastructure

Education Infrastructure

Availability of Basic Utilities

Annual Investments in Infrastructure

Connection of ICT

Number of ATMs

Number of Public Transportation Vehicles

Data contained in this article is valid for the year 2015 and will naturally change depending on the data collected by the regional councils each passing year.

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

San Jose is Batangas Province’s most economically dynamic municipality with a score of 9.94. It is followed by Santo Tomas (9.45), Rosario (9.12), Lemery (8.97) and Balayan (8.86) in the top five.

Meanwhile, Tuy with a score of 3.48 is the least economically dynamic municipality in Batangas. It is followed by Calatagan (3.87), Lobo (4.21), Taysan (4.24) and Malvar (5.20) as the five least dynamic towns.

Below is the full chart inclusive of all twenty-two Batangas towns in the index:

Government Efficiency

San Juan, with the score of 15.99, has the most efficient government among the twenty-two municipalities of Batangas in the index. It is followed in the top 5 by Taal (15.51), Bauan (14.11), Lemery (13.82) and San Pascual (13.17)

Tuy continues to hold up the rest of the list with a score of 4.83, bottom among the twenty-two. Meanwhile, San Jose’s fine score in economic dynamism is negated by its 9.05 in government efficiency, next to Tuy among the lowest in the province. The remaining towns with the least efficient governments are Lian (9.17), Taysan (9.20) and Calatagan (9.24).

Herewith is the full chart inclusive of all twenty-two towns that are in the competitive index:

Infrastructure

Balayan has the best infrastructure among the municipalities of Batangas with a score of 11.28, followed by Taal (10.77), Santo Tomas (9.54), Calaca (9.28) and Bauan (9.27) among the top five.

Meanwhile, the towns with the lowest scores in terms of infrastructure are Lobo (0.75), Laurel (4.14), Calatagan (6.39), San Pascual (6.46) and Lian (6.60).

Below is the complete chart for infrastructure inclusive of all twenty municipalities included in the index:

OVERALL COMPETITIVENESS

With all the scores for each three pillars collated, we find that San Juan is the province of Batangas’ most competitive municipality with a total score of 32.43, followed by Bauan (32.08), Taal (32.05), Lemery (31.91) and Santo Tomas (31.82) among the top five.

* Nationwide among all Local Government Units, regardless of category.

For those interested in verifying the information contained in this article or who wish to obtain more information about the competitiveness index, please follow this link to the Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index official web site.

To see the profiling of the cities of Batangas, please click the link to the right below.

[Note to readers: Not all towns of Batangas are included in the Competitiveness Index. There is no explanation given in the Competitiveness Index web site but my guess is that either the missing LGUs did not participate or the Regional Committee was unable to extract data from them for one reason or the other.]

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